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- 6/1/2008
- by Charlotte Triggs
- PEOPLE.com
The second picture to debut in as many weeks featuring a star in multiple roles, "The Master of Disguise" makes a certain International Man of Mystery look like a towering creative genius by comparison.
An embarrassing mess for all involved, this so-called family comedy is about as unfunny as unfunny gets. Even its fart jokes are below the industry standard.
Through it all, Dana Carvey labors under mounds of makeup and the sadly mistaken impression that his multitude of characters will induce side-splitting convulsions with the slightest arch of an eyebrow.
Truth be told, even if it was a better film, it's unlikely that Carvey would have stood much of a chance taking on his old "Wayne's World" cohort Mike Meyers. And with the "Spy Kids" sequel arriving next week, this Revolution Films presentation looks to have a now-you-see-it-now-you-don't boxoffice future.
Clocking in at a still-punishing 70 minutes (not counting a bloated end credits sequence jammed with outtakes from elaborate scenes that are nowhere to be found in the main event), the story, credited to Carvey and Harris Goldberg, concerns the bumbling Pistachio Disguisey (Carvey), the latest and least promising in a long line of family masters of disguise.
When his mother (Edie McClurg) goes missing and his restaurateur father, Frabbrizio (James Brolin), is kidnapped by his old archenemy Devlin Bowman (a flatulent Brent Spiner), Pistachio -- schooled in the fine art of transformation by his grandfather, Grandpa Disguisey (Harold Gould), and accompanied by a lovely assistant (Jennifer Esposito) -- must spring into action.
For the duration, Carvey dons such knee-slapping get-ups as the bespectacled Turtle Man and an Indian snake charmer (with apologies to Peter Sellers) when not running around disguised as a pile of grass with a giant cow pie on his face or as a dripping mass of cherry pie filling.
But the pie guy's not the only thing about this sorry enterprise that's half-baked. Marking the directorial debut of production designer Perry Andelin Blake, who has worked on most of executive producer Adam Sandler's films, "Master of Disguise" looks like it was made for about $1.95 before a pair of editors attempted to hack it into something salvageable.
Given that Carvey has said he wanted to make a movie for his kids, the end result would likely constitute child abuse in a number of states.
THE MASTER OF DISGUISE
Columbia Pictures
Revolution Studios presents a Happy Madison production in association with Out of the Blue Entertainment
Credits: Director: Perry Andelin Blake; Screenwriters: Dana Carvey, Harris Goldberg; Producers: Sid Ganis, Alex Siskin, Barry Bernardi, Todd Garner; Executive producers: Adam Sandler, Jack Giarraputo; Director of photography: Peter Lyons Collister; Production designer: Alan Au; Editors: Peck Prior, Sandy Solowitz; Costume designer: Mona May; Special makeup effects: Kevin Yagher; Music: Marc Ellis; Music supervisor: Michael Dilbeck. Cast: Pistachio Disguisey: Dana Carvey; Devlin Bowman: Brent Spiner; Jennifer: Jennifer Esposito; Grandpa Disguisey: Harold Gould; Frabbrizio Disguisey: James Brolin; Sophia: Maria Canals.
MPAA rating PG, running time 80 minutes.
An embarrassing mess for all involved, this so-called family comedy is about as unfunny as unfunny gets. Even its fart jokes are below the industry standard.
Through it all, Dana Carvey labors under mounds of makeup and the sadly mistaken impression that his multitude of characters will induce side-splitting convulsions with the slightest arch of an eyebrow.
Truth be told, even if it was a better film, it's unlikely that Carvey would have stood much of a chance taking on his old "Wayne's World" cohort Mike Meyers. And with the "Spy Kids" sequel arriving next week, this Revolution Films presentation looks to have a now-you-see-it-now-you-don't boxoffice future.
Clocking in at a still-punishing 70 minutes (not counting a bloated end credits sequence jammed with outtakes from elaborate scenes that are nowhere to be found in the main event), the story, credited to Carvey and Harris Goldberg, concerns the bumbling Pistachio Disguisey (Carvey), the latest and least promising in a long line of family masters of disguise.
When his mother (Edie McClurg) goes missing and his restaurateur father, Frabbrizio (James Brolin), is kidnapped by his old archenemy Devlin Bowman (a flatulent Brent Spiner), Pistachio -- schooled in the fine art of transformation by his grandfather, Grandpa Disguisey (Harold Gould), and accompanied by a lovely assistant (Jennifer Esposito) -- must spring into action.
For the duration, Carvey dons such knee-slapping get-ups as the bespectacled Turtle Man and an Indian snake charmer (with apologies to Peter Sellers) when not running around disguised as a pile of grass with a giant cow pie on his face or as a dripping mass of cherry pie filling.
But the pie guy's not the only thing about this sorry enterprise that's half-baked. Marking the directorial debut of production designer Perry Andelin Blake, who has worked on most of executive producer Adam Sandler's films, "Master of Disguise" looks like it was made for about $1.95 before a pair of editors attempted to hack it into something salvageable.
Given that Carvey has said he wanted to make a movie for his kids, the end result would likely constitute child abuse in a number of states.
THE MASTER OF DISGUISE
Columbia Pictures
Revolution Studios presents a Happy Madison production in association with Out of the Blue Entertainment
Credits: Director: Perry Andelin Blake; Screenwriters: Dana Carvey, Harris Goldberg; Producers: Sid Ganis, Alex Siskin, Barry Bernardi, Todd Garner; Executive producers: Adam Sandler, Jack Giarraputo; Director of photography: Peter Lyons Collister; Production designer: Alan Au; Editors: Peck Prior, Sandy Solowitz; Costume designer: Mona May; Special makeup effects: Kevin Yagher; Music: Marc Ellis; Music supervisor: Michael Dilbeck. Cast: Pistachio Disguisey: Dana Carvey; Devlin Bowman: Brent Spiner; Jennifer: Jennifer Esposito; Grandpa Disguisey: Harold Gould; Frabbrizio Disguisey: James Brolin; Sophia: Maria Canals.
MPAA rating PG, running time 80 minutes.
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